Timeline

1938: College established independently as Ashland Junior College & Ashland Vocational School

1957: Ashland Junior College becomes UK Ashland Center

1963: UK Ashland Center becomes Ashland Community College (ACC)

1968: Ashland Area Vocational School moves from 3 locations in Ashland to consolidate at the current Roberts Drive Campus location

1990: Ashland State Vocational-Technical School moves from KY Dept of Education to newly created Kentucky Workforce Development Cabinet - Becomes Kentucky Tech Ashland Campus

1994: Kentucky Tech Ashland Campus becomes Ashland Regional Technology Center

1997: KY House Bill 1 creates KCTCS - Ashland Regional Technology Center becomes Ashland Technical College (ATC) ACC & ATC are under same umbrella

1998: January, ACC moves from UK to KCTCS governance. July, ATC moves from Commonwealth of Kentucky to KCTCS governance

2003: ACC & ATC are consolidated into Ashland Community & Technical College (ACTC)

Academic Programs

Four-year transfer (Associate of Arts/Associate of Science) - 2
Associate of Applied Science Degree - 12
Certificate - 97
Diploma Program Options - 33

2003 Credentials Granted

43 AA / AS

177 AAS

142 Diplomas

132 Certificates

494 Total

Student Profile

Enrollment-Fall 2003: 3873
Leading Counties:
Boyd: 1,500
Greenup: 871
Carter: 474
Lawrence: 274
Elliott: 40
Ohio: 128
WV: 276

Full-Time: 1,769 (46%)
Part-Time: 2,104 (54%)

Females: 57.7%
Males: 42.3%


Student/Faculty Ratio: 19.9:1
This is the total student count divided by the total Full-Time faculty + Adjunct faculty (3873/195)
On-campus: CDC - 2565 / RDC - 1308
Less than Age 25: 2142 or 55%
Internet: 539 (Duplicative Count)
Age 25 or more: 1731 or 45%


Caucasian: 91.8%
Minority: 1.9%
Unreported: 6.3%

Number of students from Tri State Area:
Kentucky - 3242
West Virginia - 276
Ohio - 128
Unknown 227

Majors:
Four-year transfer: 688 - 17.8% Undecided/Non-degree: 1816 - 46.9% Technical: 1,369 - 35.3% Workforce Training: Part of non-degree

Physical Plant

3 Campuses - combined total of approximately 52 acres: College Drive approximately 15 acres; Roberts Drive approximately 7 acres; and Technology Drive at EastPark approximately 31 acres

11 Buildings with 390,804 total square feet

The J. B. Sowards Theatre has a seating capacity of 325

Other Key Operations/Services:

Ashland / Boyd County Adult Education and Literacy Center (GED)

Career Connections Center

The ACTC Entrepreneur Center

The Innovation and Commercialization Center

Center for Community, Workforce and Economic Development

Cisco Network Academy

Lifelong Learning

Ready-To-Work

Accreditations

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

National League for Nursing

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

National Automotive Technician Education Foundation - Automotive Technology

National Automotive Technician Education Foundation - Diesel Technology

Associated General Contractors

Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist

Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiological Technology

Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs

The Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care